Wu Rongguang
Couplet In Running-Script Calligraphy
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 1043
25. Nov - 25. Nov 2013
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 1043
25. Nov - 25. Nov 2013
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
WU RONGGUANG (1773-1843)
Couplet in Running-script Calligraphy
A pair of hanging scrolls
ink on gold-flecked paper
Each scroll measures 170.8 x 36 cm. (67 1/4 x 14 1/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dedicated to Mr Danshan
Dated seventh month, jichou year (1829)
Titleslip by Li Yinsang (1882-1945), with two seals
Dated seventh month, dingmao year (1927) (2) -
Couplet in Running-script Calligraphy
A pair of hanging scrolls
ink on gold-flecked paper
Each scroll measures 170.8 x 36 cm. (67 1/4 x 14 1/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dedicated to Mr Danshan
Dated seventh month, jichou year (1829)
Titleslip by Li Yinsang (1882-1945), with two seals
Dated seventh month, dingmao year (1927) (2) -
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Couplet In Running-Script Calligraphy by Wu Rongguang was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in November 2013, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 20,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at HKD 97,500.00 (€ 9,244.08). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Wu Rongguang - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Calligraphy In Xingshu, which sold at auction in October 2013 for HKD 275,000.00 (€ 26,096.07).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Couplet In Running-Script Calligraphy von Wu Rongguang im November 2013 bei Christies in Hong Kong versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – HKD 20.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 97.500,00 (€ 9.244,08) mehr als viermal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Wu Rongguang mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Calligraphy In Xingshu beobachtet, die im Oktober 2013 für HKD 275.000,00 (€ 26.096,07) versteigert wurde.
Wu Rongguang - Auction history
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